He
was also preceded in death by a brother, Weldon “Buster” Slater and sisters,
Viola Stack, Alberta Stumpf, Ruth Lindquist and Harriet Hamilton.

Kenneth was a lifelong citizen of Porter and a graduate of Chesterton High
School. He served in the US Army during WWII serving three years in the
Italian Theater of War. He was retired from Midwest Steel as a tractor
repairman and mechanic. Kenneth was a member of Porter County Amateur Radio
Club, a member of the V.F.W., Midwest Steel Retirees Club, the National Rifle
Association and a former member of the American Legion and the Porter Fire
Department.

Funeral Services, Rev. Leslie Britt officiating, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday,
May 29 at the Edmonds & Evans Funeral Home, 517 Broadway, Chesterton.
Interment will be in Chesterton Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 p.m. at the Edmonds &
Evans Funeral Home. Memorials for Kenneth may be made to the Porter United
Methodist Church.
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